# Default changes for trust level 3 requirements
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-changes-for-trust-level-3-requirements/397098
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** trust-levels
**Created:** [April 29, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-changes-for-trust-level-3-requirements/397098 "2026-04-29T03:47:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 3:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-changes-for-trust-level-3-requirements/397098/1 "2026-04-29T03:47:26Z")
We want to adjust the defaults for the maximum number of topics viewed and posts read required to reach trust level three to make it easier for users on very active forums to reach this trust level.
To achieve this, we are introducing an “Enable new defaults for trust level 3 requirements” upcoming change, which when enabled, will change the following site setting default values:
- The default of `tl3_requires_topics_viewed_cap` is set to 250 (_currently 500_)
- The default for `tl3_requires_posts_read_cap` is set to 2000 (_currently 20,000_)
- The default for `tl3_promotion_min_duration` is set to 100 days (_currently 14_)
Admins who change these values manually will see no effect. When this change moves to Stable, we will make these new defaults permanent and remove the upcoming change, but the settings will still be available for admins to change.
### Opting in early
To apply this change to your site now, enable the “Enable new defaults for trust level 3 requirements” upcoming change in `/admin/config/upcoming-changes` :
You will see the change reflected in the site settings UI:
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### Author:  [@Michelle\_L](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Michelle_L)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-changes-for-trust-level-3-requirements/397098/4 "2026-04-29T13:40:11Z")
@martin - if the previous defaults were changed will this reset those changes?
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 10:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-changes-for-trust-level-3-requirements/397098/5 "2026-04-29T22:42:33Z")
Hi there, did you see this bit?
> [@martin](#):
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> Admins who change these values manually will see no effect.
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### Author:  [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 11:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-changes-for-trust-level-3-requirements/397098/6 "2026-04-29T23:38:32Z")
No it won’t, any changes that admins have made to settings are preserved, only the underlying defaults are changed.
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### Author:  [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-changes-for-trust-level-3-requirements/397098/7 "2026-04-30T00:02:55Z")
So to confirm, if we change the values, after this update if we were to click Reset, it would show the new defaults?
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### Author:  [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2026, 1:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-changes-for-trust-level-3-requirements/397098/8 "2026-04-30T01:15:29Z")
Yes that’s correct, this is how the site setting default override system works within upcoming changes. If you disable the upcoming change, then the old defaults will reappear.
Once we are confident with this change, we will remove the upcoming change altogether, and there will only be one set of defaults for these site settings.